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When they returned to San Diego, she became the first Asian teacher at San Diego High and he worked for Harriett Wimmer, a pioneering landscape architect. The Yamadas were married in the early s and eventually settled in La Jolla. She also wrote poetry and was active as a director on a variety of boards for local government agencies, colleges, museums and foundations.
One project, in the early s, was particularly meaningful to her. While she was at Poston, she corresponded regularly with Clara Breed, a San Diego city librarian who befriended many of the youngsters and sent them books, clothing, pencils and other supplies. The letters told of life in the camp, what the food was like, the weather and the makeshift school. They spoke of resilience and hope amid the injustice and deprivations of being imprisoned.
By John Wilkens. Twenty-two years ago, Emilia Ibarra immigrated to the United States from Mexico, putting down stakes in Fresno and giving birth to a son, Joshua. Eager to familiarize herself with her new country, she took English language courses as she raised her son as a single mom.
Three years later, she and Joshua moved to Coachella, working first as a massage therapist at a resort in La Quinta and later doing volunteer work to assist undocumented workers in the region. Well known in the community because of all the events and causes she supported, Ibarra helped local migrants by providing them with food and second-handed clothes and took part in charity events at her church. Cheerful and vibrant, she performed dances from her homeland at the annual date festivals.
Joshua remembered his mother opened her door to a family going through hard times and sheltered them for a month for free. For those unable to go to the church, she would bring bread and wine for communion at local nursing homes. In her down time, Ibarra loved watching Korean soap operas with Spanish subtitles on television. Joshua said his mother always made time to support him.
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She cheered him on when he ran cross country, took him to Mass when he graduated from high school and swelled with pride when he was accepted to Cal State San Bernardino. She also had difficulty breathing because of constant bronchitis and carried an inhaler. In late April she contracted COVID, likely from her son who worked as a caregiver for people with disabilities in a nursing home.
Ibarra began coughing up blood, had trouble sleeping and had difficulty catching her breath in early May and was admitted to Eisenhower Medical Center. She died May 28 at age She is survived by her son. Reflecting on the life of Wayne L. He coached, assessed and taught leadership to more than 1, company presidents and senior executives, and served as a consultant to numerous corporations in the U.
Strom and his wife, Kathy, were married 38 years and lived in Thousand Oaks, where Strom turned their backyard into something of a nature retreat, planting several redwood trees and fruit trees — fig, cherry, nectarine, apricot, peach, persimmon — and a rose garden. The couple also enjoyed biking along Pacific Coast Highway and hiking. He was diagnosed with the coronavirus and died three days later. She would don her signature pearl necklace and do her makeup before greeting her guests with a candlelight feast. An experienced mother of six, she knew just how to put her grandchildren to bed in order to leave the rest of the evening for the adults to enjoy a drink or two.
All the while, Nelson kept busy hosting social gatherings, taking care of the children and finding work during longer stays abroad. In her travels around the world, Nelson was especially interested in food culture. One of the dishes Nelson had learned to make was couscous, a staple Moroccan food. Two of her sons, Chris and Michael, were born in Eritrea and Tunisia, respectively. After Clifford died in , Nelson divided her time between a house in Lake Tahoe and the Bay Area, as well as visiting her children all over the world.
She spent the last few years of her life in Sterling Court, a senior living facility in San Mateo. She tested positive after an employee at the living center contracted the virus. He was a singular talent and a beautiful human being.
He got his start shooting early music videos for The Who and Jimi Hendrix before transitioning to moviemaking. He was awarded lifetime achievement awards from the Art Directors Guild in and the American Society of Cinematographers. After a surgical procedure left him using a wheelchair, Daviau moved into a facility run by the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills, where he spent his final days after being diagnosed with COVID, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
He is the fourth resident at the facility to die from complications of the coronavirus. By Sonaiya Kelley. After high school, Barber studied at several universities, among them UC Berkeley. For wedding gifts, Rasmussen said, well wishers contributed to the ill-fated campaign to defeat the proposition. Eventually, a U. Supreme Court ruling rendered the proposition unconstitutional. Barber and Rasmussen were a couple for nearly 40 years, reveling in travel to far-flung locales including Peru, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
They had been on more than 50 cruises, Rasmussen said, adding that their adventures helped them forge friendships with people "from around the globe.
In remarks delivered at Wiefels Palm Springs Mortuary during a private viewing for Barber, Rasmussen said his late husband was at ease entertaining friends, and "was always the perfect host, doing his best to please the most discerning guest. Before retiring in , he worked on the promotion of compact fluorescent and LED bulbs, among other endeavors.
Besides co-founding PrideNetwork, he also was among those who started the group's eQuality Scholarship Collaborative in , Rasmussen said. The collaborative, which now is a joint effort of multiple San Francisco Bay Area organizations, offers scholarships to students who work in service of their LGBTQ communities. During council meetings, city events and other engagements the mayor was involved in, there she was to support her son. Garcia proudly remembers his mother as a hardworking woman who inspired him to give back to his community and his country even in hard times.
I signed up for a job regardless of hard moments in my personal life. He was a 5-year-old boy when he left Peru with his mother, father and grandmother in search of the American dream, fleeing domestic terrorism and economic uncertainty. Together, Garcia and his mother learned English and made a new home in California.
His mother worked at thrift stores and as a housekeeper, eventually landing a job at her most recent workplace, a clinic where she was a medical assistant for more than 25 years. A couple of years after arriving in the U. They married, and he remained loyal to her and his family ever since. Greg was a quiet but also gregarious man who loved simple things in life, Garcia said.
He worked hard to start and maintain his contracting business for about 30 years. He liked to host barbecues and spend time with his family. On Feb. He had been debating whether to give a speech then or wait until June, when his brother and his wife would celebrate their vows in the Philippines.
Alfonso decided to go ahead and toast Justin then. Nearly two months later, after Alfonso died due to complications from coronavirus, that moment would serve as a gift, a lasting image of the year-old as a loving husband, a doting father of three and an inspiration to his little brother, who was about to start his own family.
Throughout his life, Alfonso had grown to love being on stage.
He was known for singing karaoke, belting out boy-band hits. His favorite group was the Backstreet Boys, and he was unashamed to admit it. So on April 7, when Alfonso lost his two-week battle with the virus, Justin put aside his personal torment and stepped up to lead the family, just as his brother had. He organized a eulogy and Zoom memorial service and streamed both live on April Alfonso had come down with a fever March 18 and went into quarantine.
He drove himself to a hospital near his Riverside home six days later and tested positive for the virus. Despite being borderline pre-diabetic and having to go on a ventilator, he was confident he would be fine.
After about a week, his prognosis got better and then worsened quickly. He died in isolation without having a chance to say goodbye. Alfonso is survived by his wife, Ashling; three children, Jason, Hayden and Adelyn; his parents, Jessie and Lydia; and his brother and sister. Brady McCollough. At the heart of that success was Len Fagan. A former rock drummer turned talent buyer who spent much of his adult life living in Laurel Canyon and working on the Sunset Strip, the behind-the-scenes powerbroker died May 3 in Los Angeles from complications of COVID Fagan first broke into the music scene behind a drum kit.
In the pocket. No fancy stuff. Just a powerhouse. The drummer found his calling, though, at a occupancy spot in the heart of the L. He could have an oldies week or he could find a band that he really liked and give them an opportunity. For bands, it was both a coveted slot and a hustle. We waited our turn outside, sandwiched in between a strange lineup of bands that were trying to get signed on a major label. The stage wrangler hauled us in, and we played our minute set on borrowed gear. It was a good set, and people were genuinely into it. But before we got a chance to bask in the glory, we were asked to leave.
In recent years, Fagan had suffered from poor health.